CIV BR : POP AND SOCIAL CLASS Flashcards
(46 cards)
GB : Population Growth : From the Domesday Book to 1700
11th Cty : 1.5/1.75 million
mid 14th Cty: 3 million
End of the 17th Cty : 5.5 million
The 18th century - consistent growth
( numbers evolution)
6.7 million in 1760 to 8.8 million in 1801 ( fst census )
The 19 century : population explosion why and until when ?
the birth rate continued to rise until about 1875
> > massive rise in economic activity»_space; average age of marriage 30 to 23 years
Number of pop in 1921 and children/death rate in beg 19th ?
1921: 44 million
30/1000 children in 1901 > 16/1000 chld in 1931
16/1000 death rate in 1931
So pop decline
pop growth 1942-64 and associated with ?
Population decline halted by “ baby bulges “ of 1942/47 and 1955/64 .
Associated with a decline in infant mortality + revival of early marriages + welfare state
The 21st century - faster growth (population and change why ?)
pop 3rd largest in the EU
fastest growing with a 0.6% annual increase
BC nat change + net migration (343 mk in 2015 / 226mk in 2019 )
Pop growth 1900/1942 reasons ?
Bc incresed consumerism / emergence of leisure / changing spiritual and social perspectives = new family form helped control the rapid population growth
Why pop increase end of the 18th Cty and 19th Cty ?
population stronger and better diet + communications revolution + better quality clothing and hygiene + buyant economic atmosphere encouraged earlier marriage
> > lower death rate / birth death bc improvements in medical knowledge
Where was the most populat area of Britain in 1700 ?
In the south (line Worcestershire to Norfolk)
What were the biggest towns outside London in 1700 ?
Bristol 40k / Norwich 28k / York 12k
How the center of gravity of the population shift during the 19th centuries ?
From the south and east to the midlands and north
(Birmingham / Sth Wales / Sth Lancashire )
Gravity of the pop shift associated with in 19th Cty ? (eco)
Rise of heavy industry and textile trade relied on steam for its source of power .
New towns become metropolises with this textile industry ?
Birmingham / Wolverhampton / Manchester / Leeds / Bradford / Huddersfield
Turn of the 19th Cty , drift to the Nth countered by :
- diminushing importance of coal
- new light engineering firms began etablished themselved place better suited to their market
Where was the new sunrise industries of the late 1920’s and 1930’s and why ?
In the home countries area of the South East of England (1/3 of BR pop )
BC good communication and proximity London/EU
England pop now
56 million
Scotland pop now
5.5 million
Wales pop now
3.1 million
Northern Ireland pop now
1.8 million
3 most populated urban area now
Greater London (9.8 mili )
Greater Manchester (2.5 mili )
Birmingham/West Midlands coonurbation ( 2.3 mili )
White and minorities percent now
81% white british pop (decrease)
14 % ethnic minorities (increase)
Proportion of britain pop over 65 between 1945 and now :
5% to 18 %
ratio who those in work will have to generate enough out-put to support the aging pop ?
“Old age Dependency Ratio “ (OADR)
Why life expectancy continues to track inequality ?
25-year gap between the wealthiest and the poorest in society
